Many couples in the world are like glue at the beginning, only the good of the other party in their eyes, and it is as if they have the whole world. But in the day and night together, the beautiful filter is broken, and they begin to see each other's shortcomings. And the basketball court partner is not the case.
Today, the Philadelphia 76ers once again lost to the Raptors, missed opportunities to advance to the next round, and also made the team begin to spread negative emotions. Who has to bear the blame if they lose? Harden is clearly one of them.
Harden's decline is serious, and Embiid's change of attitude before and after is lamentable
In this game, Harden only shot 11 shots in the whole game, and the final data was fixed at 15 points and 7 assists, which is obviously unqualified for a superstar. In fact, in the series, Harden's performance is not good, four of the five games have a shooting rate of less than 40%, so far, the average per game can only contribute 18.4 points, shooting rate is only 37.3%, although Harden has not played well before, but fortunately winning can cover up all this, but after the team lost two consecutive games, it is obvious that Embiid can not sit still, he said in an interview that he hopes harden can be more aggressive, directly expressed dissatisfaction with Harden's performance.
Remember in February, when Harden was playing alongside Embiid in the Philadelphia 76ers jersey, they easily beat the Timberwolves 133-102, and in a post-game interview, Embiid couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, he said: "This is probably the biggest space game I have ever had in my career, I have never had such an experience." "In just two months, the attitude before and after this is also lamentable.
But Harden's decline is indeed too serious. Harden, who was the league's scoring leader two years ago, could not have imagined that two years later, scoring would be an extremely difficult thing for him.
(In 2 years, Harden's average score and shooting rate per game are not as good as that year)
Fans were impressed by the hesitation he showed on the offensive end of the series, and was probably the biggest superstar ever affected by the tendons. Now his legs and feet seem to have been unloaded, no speed, no explosion, no bounce, which makes his signature retreat step three-point accuracy drop, and he is no longer the defender bulldozer who can casually burst into the box to score points.
Harden is responsible for the loss, but Embiid can't hide either
Even if people admire him for not undergoing surgery and choosing to continue to fight for the championship dream, as long as you stand on the field and perform badly, people still have the right to criticize. In today's game, Embiid did not perform well on both ends of the offensive side, on the offensive end, perhaps afraid of aggravating the finger injury, Embiid rarely entered the box, more often, he chose to end the offensive round with a shot, but his hand was really average, and that offensive threat could not take away the game at all. On the defensive end, the 76ers were easily scored too many points by the Raptors on the inside line today, and Embiid is clearly responsible for this.
Harden is now 32 years old, and if he chooses to jump out of the contract in the summer, the Philadelphia 76ers will not necessarily offer the top salary with both hands, after all, the star of this age has begun to decline, and Harden's hamstring injury does not know when it will affect him. Perhaps the combination of inside and outside, which was originally pinned high hopes, will only exist for a short time like a meteor.